2022 Colluvial "Las Nenas" Sta. Rita Hills Pinot Noir
The 2022 Co^lluvial™ “Las Nenas” Pinot bottling is grounded in the majesty of California’s Santa Rita Hills AVA (American Viticultural Area). The fruit is drawn from the Sanford & Benedict Vineyard. First planted in 1971, this vineyard is home to the oldest Pinot Noir vines in Santa Barbara County. Named one of the five most important and iconic vineyards in California by Wine Enthusiast, the Sanford & Benedict Vineyard is renowned for both its historical significance and the continued quality of the fruit it produces. The vineyard has some of the most complex soils we have been lucky enough to work with. Mostly clay and clay loam, this hillside vineyard is also strewn with pockets of limestone, fracture shale, chert and other sedimentary deposits. This mixture gives the soil great water holding capacity from the clay but breaks up the matrix by aeration and drainage from the stony components.
"Muddled red-plum aromas are bold on the nose of this bottling and layered in earth tones of sagebrush and pepper that bring complexity. Chalky tannins frame elegantly gamy hints of roasted meat and toasted sage as the red-plum core holds fresh. " Matt Kettmann 93 Pts Wine Enthusiast
"A perfumed and elegant nose freely reflects its array of the essence of red cherry, plum, exotic tea and a similarly subtle floral hint. The succulent, delicious and enveloping medium weight flavors possess good punch on the more prominently bitter pit fruit-inflected finish. I would note that the pit fruit character isn’t subtle and my rating confers the benefit of the doubt that it will dissipate with a few years of keeping." 90 Pts/2028+Allen Meadow’s Burghound Issue #100
| Vintage | 2022 |
| Varietal | Pinot Noir |
| Varietal Composition | Dijon 115 & 777 |
| Appellation | Sta. Rita Hills |
| Vineyard | Sanford & Benedict |
| Aging | 19 months in various French Coopers (Neutral) |
| Alcohol | 14.00% |
| Volume | 750 ml |
| Cases Produced | 85 |
"Muddled red-plum aromas are bold on the nose of this bottling and layered in earth tones of sagebrush and pepper that bring complexity. Chalky tannins frame elegantly gamy hints of roasted meat and toasted sage as the red-plum core holds fresh. " Matt Kettmann 93 Pts Wine Enthusiast
"A perfumed and elegant nose freely reflects its array of the essence of red cherry, plum, exotic tea and a similarly subtle floral hint. The succulent, delicious and enveloping medium weight flavors possess good punch on the more prominently bitter pit fruit-inflected finish. I would note that the pit fruit character isn’t subtle and my rating confers the benefit of the doubt that it will dissipate with a few years of keeping." 90 Pts/2028+Allen Meadow’s Burghound Issue #100
